Snuggles, a Pekingese, is waiting for her forever home at The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria in Virginia. Today’s guest blogger, Shauna, is a proud pet parent. She has shared her popular and entertaining blog about “dogs and other messy things,” Fido and Wino, with us in preparation for Valentine’s …

Photo: the Dent County Animal Welfare Society. Melinda Stewart, who volunteers at Dent County Animal Welfare Society in Salem, Missouri, sent us a good holiday homecoming story. She recently went to the shelter and saw a pitiful little Shih Tzu the rescue was calling Star.  “[Star] had eye infections in …

Petfinder has the world’s greatest fans — they’re always coming up with new ways to spread the word about pet adoption. Case in point: Pals Jill, Esther and Lisa recently sent us this great video they made for Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month. Lisa e-mailed to tell us, “I was asked by a …

This unnamed kitten is up for adoption at San Luis Obispo County (CA) Animal Services Division. Oct. 16 is National Feral Cat Day, and we know many of you come into contact with stray and feral cats in your everyday lives. For example, when I recently wrote a blog post …

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if dogs ruled the world? What if they selected their forever families at shelters? Members of the band You Scream I Scream teamed up with Petfinder member shelter the MSPCA Adoption Center — Nantucket in Nantucket, MA, to find out … …

iStockphoto We are always looking for new voices to help engage, educate and inform our readers. We regularly highlight animal-welfare professionals and other guest bloggers who have unique perspectives on pet adoption and care. What we are looking for: Pet-care tips and tricks Ideas for pet lovers and advocates Top …

A while back I posted some photos of cool animal-rescue tattoos and asked you to send in yours. Well here are the results! Kelly writes: “I saw the pictures of people’s rescue tattoos and definitely thought my friend Lisa from Athens, GA, should be added to the list. She is …

Last month we asked subscribers to our newsletter: What is important to you (besides credentials) in choosing a veterinarian for your pet? We reveal the results in our August newsletter. 78% “Pet”side manner 6%   Rates 6%   Recommendations from friends and relatives 3%   Location 7%   Other Tell us what you think …

I’ve gotten a couple of requests to explain how to add a photo to a blog comment (particularly regarding this post). Here’s the scoop: If your photo is already posted online somewhere (say, a photo-sharing site such as Photobucket.com), you can get its filename by right-clicking the image (if you’re …

I’m a big fan of cuteoverload.com, although naturally I think adopted pets are always cutest! Anyway, a while back I asked readers of our message boards for their cutest pet pics. They didn’t disappoint. From this sweet scene of a pit bull with his feline friend to the cutie patooties …